NFT game Splinterlands has announced the transition to decentralized validator nodes. The corresponding software is expected to launch on the mainnet in QIII or IV of 2022, project representatives told ForkLog.

“This is an important step towards our goal of making Splinterlands a fully decentralized game in which players are owned and controlled via SPS tokens,” said Agged Reich, CEO of the project.

According to the press release, we are talking about open source software. Anyone can download, install and run it, but to get a license to operate as a node you have to pay a fee in SPS tokens.

The SPS governance mechanism will use the Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) consensus model. This algorithm is used in blockchains such as BNB Chain, EOS and Hive.

Each SPS holder will have the right to vote for accounts running validator nodes to select users or organizations responsible for verifying token transactions and managing Foundation funds.

In such a model, only a small number of accounts can receive a majority of the votes and, consequently, a substantial portion of the prize. Therefore, the Splinterlands team will provide NFT-issued licenses that enable all users to earn rewards for running nodes without the need for SPS votes.

These licenses can be purchased with SPS and special VOUCHER tokens. 80% of SPS spent and 100% of VOUCHER spent in this process will be withdrawn from circulation. The remaining 20% ​​of SPS will be donated to the Foundation to further encourage validator nodes.

In total, the project will issue 60,000 licenses. Deployment will take place in several stages and the cost of NFT will increase in later stages.

Recall that in March 2022, the number of battles played in Splinterlands exceeded 2 billion.